RFC 9006: TCP Usage Guidance in the Internet of Things (IoT)

This document provides guidance on how to implement and use the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) in Constrained-Node Networks (CNNs), which are a…

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Outgoing relationships (44 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Normative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Normative reference — RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 5681: TCP Congestion Control
Normative reference — RFC 2018: TCP Selective Acknowledgment Options
Normative reference — RFC 7228: Terminology for Constrained-Node Networks
Normative reference — RFC 6298: Computing TCP's Retransmission Timer
Normative reference — RFC 7413: TCP Fast Open
Normative reference — RFC 3042: Enhancing TCP's Loss Recovery Using Limited Transmit
Normative reference — RFC 7567: IETF Recommendations Regarding Active Queue Management
Normative reference — RFC 7323: TCP Extensions for High Performance
Normative reference — RFC 6928: Increasing TCP's Initial Window
Normative reference — RFC 6691: TCP Options and Maximum Segment Size (MSS)
Informative reference — RFC 8446: The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3
Informative reference — RFC 7230: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing
Informative reference — RFC 5925: The TCP Authentication Option
Informative reference — RFC 7252: The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
Informative reference — RFC 6120: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Core
Informative reference — RFC 6550: RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4944: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6282: Compression Format for IPv6 Datagrams over IEEE 802.15.4-Based Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6775: Neighbor Discovery Optimization for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
Informative reference — RFC 8201: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
Informative reference — RFC 5382: NAT Behavioral Requirements for TCP
Informative reference — RFC 3819: Advice for Internet Subnetwork Designers
Informative reference — RFC 7540: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)
Informative reference — RFC 7414: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informative reference — RFC 8323: CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) over TCP, TLS, and WebSockets
Informative reference — RFC 8376: Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) Overview
Informative reference — RFC 8900: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile
Informative reference — RFC 2884: Performance Evaluation of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in IP Networks
Informative reference — RFC 2757: Long Thin Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6606: Problem Statement and Requirements for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Routing
Informative reference — RFC 7668: IPv6 over BLUETOOTH(R) Low Energy
Informative reference — RFC 8087: The Benefits of Using Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
Informative reference — RFC 6077: Open Research Issues in Internet Congestion Control
Informative reference — RFC 3481: TCP over Second (2.5G) and Third (3G) Generation Wireless Networks
Informative reference — RFC 7428: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ITU-T G.9959 Networks
Informative reference — RFC 8931: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Selective Fragment Recovery
Informative reference — RFC 8105: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) Ultra Low Energy (ULE)
Informative reference — RFC 8961: Requirements for Time-Based Loss Detection
Informative reference — RFC 8163: Transmission of IPv6 over Master-Slave/Token-Passing (MS/TP) Networks
Informative reference — RFC 8352: Energy-Efficient Features of Internet of Things Protocols